Appeals court says US Trade Representative can withhold classified document in FOIA case
Washington Post: WASHINGTON — An appeals court ruled Friday that the U.S. Trade Representative can withhold a classified position paper prepared during free-trade negotiations, reversing a lower court that had ordered the document&rs ...
Vermont ACLU sues private prison company over public records
From VTDigger.org: The Vermont ACLU is suing the nation’s largest private prison company for allegedly ignoring public records requests about Vermont prisoners. The question at the heart of the lawsuit is whether or not the state&r ...
Tennessee DCS would charge $35,000 to provide public records
From TimesFreePress.com: NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The state agency that oversees the welfare of Tennessee children is again at financial odds with news organizations seeking more information. The Tennessean reported the Department of Children’s Services said this week that it would charge $34,952 to produce public records of children who died or nearly died during the past 11 months after having some contact with DCS ...
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for June 7, 2013
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to check out State FOIA Friday Archives. Bulldog open records lawsuit continues read more ...
CMD files open records suit against ALEC board member Sen. Leah Vukmir
Press release from Center for Media and Democracy: MADISON -- The Center for Media and Democracy filed suit Thursday against Wisconsin State Senator Leah Vukmir, a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the treasurer of ALEC's national board, over her failure to disclose ALEC-related materials under Wisconsin’s public records law – possibly becaus read more ...
NSA taps in to user data of Google, Skype and others, secret files reveal
From The Guardian: The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian. The NSA access is part of a previo ...
Open government groups demand answers on domestic spying program
In the following statement issued today, NFOIC and its allies in the OpenTheGovernment.org coalition expressed outrage and demanded more answers regarding the FISA-court authorized data mining of Verizon customers' phone records. Please see the full statement and additional links below. read more ...
Why OpenGov types should think more like reporters
Some thoughts on sharing open government data and materials from Raleigh Public Record editor Charles Duncan Pardo: ... I want to tell you why you open gov types need to think more like reporters. read more ...
Some Obama appointees using nonpublic email accounts
From The Columbus Dispatch: Some of President Barack Obama’s political appointees are using secret government email accounts to conduct official business, a practice that complicates agencies’ legal responsibilities to find and turn ...
